29. BLEPSIAS. 153 



of the body being three-fifths of the length of the head ; lateral line 

 slightly curved ; a series of black dots along the lateral line. 

 Sea of China. 



a. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 1 — Types of the 



h. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. J species. 



29. BLEPSIAS. 



Blepsiaa, Cuv. 8f Vol. iv. p. 373. 



Head and body compressed, the former with tentacles ; the prae- 

 operciiliim armed. Skin with small prickles. Two dorsals, the first 

 with seven spines, and much shorter than the second and the anal. 

 Ventrals thoracic, little developed. Small teeth in the jaws, on the 

 vomer and on the palatine bones. Branchiostegals six or seven*. 



Coast of Kamtschatka. 



1. Blepsias cirrhosns. 



Trachinus cirrhosus, Pall. Zooyr. Moss. iii. p. 237. 

 Blepsias trilobus, Cuv. «V Val. iv. p. 375. pi. 90. 



B. 6. D. 7 I 24. A. 19. V. 1/3. 



The first four dorsal spines separated from the others by a notch ; 

 the anal fin lower than the soft dorsal. Body covered with prickles. 

 Coast of Kamtschatka ; Gulf of Georgia. 



a, b. Fine specimens. New Orcas Islands, Gulf of Georgia. Pre- 

 sented by +he Lords of the Admiralty. 



2, Blepsias bilobus. 



Blepsias bilobus, Cuv. i^ Val. iv. p. 379 ; Cuv. Rkgne Anim. III. Poiss. 



pi. 24. f. 2. 

 Peropus bilobus, Beech. Voy. Zool. Fishes, p. 59. pi. 16. f. 3. 



B. 7. D. 7|^. A. 19. V. 1/3. 



The first dorsal not notched, and separated from the second ; the 

 anal fin rather lower than the soft dorsal. Body entirely covered 

 with prickles ; lateral line spiny. 



Coast of Kamtschatka. 



a. Type of the species (in spirits ; not dried, as stated by Cuvier). 

 Kamtschatka. Presented by A. Collie, Esq. 



30. NAUTICHTHYS. 



Nautichthys, Girard in U. S. Pacif. R. P. Exped. Fishes, p. 74. 

 Head and body compressed, slightly elongate ; the upper surface of 

 the head and the opercles armed. Skin studded with mimite prickles. 



• Cuvier states five branchiostegnls for Blepsias cirrhosus, but he examined 

 dried specimens. 



